McKnab-Bess Oil Co. v. Commonwealth Oil & Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Smith, J.:

This was an action for an accounting and to recover money. Judgment was for defendant, sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition.

The parties to the action were two oil companies. Their differences grew out of an enterprise in which they jointly engaged in the development of some oil leases.

As far as we are concerned here, this relationship began on August 23, 1.928. On that date a contract was entered into by the parties with reference to what is known as the A. W. Graham lease. This lease was owned by the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. This…